Caravan (1946 film)
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Duration Country United Kingdom | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Drama, Romance Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Roland Pertwee , Eleanor Smith Release date 3 June 1946 Cast (Richard Darrell), (Rosal), (Oriana Camperdene), (Sir Francis Castleton), Anne Crawford (Wycroft)Similar movies Against All Flags , The Devil-Ship Pirates , Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest , Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl , The Pyrates , The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Tagline The Great New Lover of the Screen! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An English noblewoman (Anne Crawford) rivals a Gypsy dancer (Jean Kent) for a dashing writer (Stewart Granger) delivering a necklace to Spain.
Contents
- Stewart granger and jean kent in caravan 1946 assassins tango tango in d
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Similar Movies
- Critical reception
- References
Caravan is a 1946 British black and white drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree. It was one of the Gainsborough melodramas and is based on a novel Caravan by Eleanor Smith.
During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable necklace to Spain. Richard leaves his fiancé, Oriana, and starts the trip. He meets Wycroft, a henchman for Sir Francis Castteldow, an aristocrat out to steal Oriana from Richard. The latter is assaulted, robbed and nearly killed and, as a result, loses his memory. He marries a gypsy girl, Rosal, while Oriana, thinking him dead marries the dastardly Sir Francis. Everybody will meet again. Complications will arise.
Plot
In the late 19th-century, writer Richard Darrell (Stewart Granger) saves Don Carlos (Gerard Heinz) from two robbers. Don Carlos gives Richard the task of taking a valuable necklace to Spain. Bidding farewell to his fiancee, Oriana (Anne Crawford), Richard sets out. On the way, he meets Wycroft (Robert Helpmann), who assaults, robs and nearly kills Richard on behalf of his dastardly master Sir Francis Castteldow (Dennis Price), an aristocrat who plans to steal Oriana from Richard.
Oriana thinks Richard is dead and marries Francis, whilst Richard loses his memory as a result of the assault and marries a gypsy girl, Rosal (Jean Kent). However, everyone will meet again...
Cast
Production
The film was meant to follow The Magic Bow but that was postponed due to an illness to Phyllis Calvert so Caravan had to be rushed into production.
Jean Kent met her future husband during the making of the movie.
Release
The film was one of the most popular British releases of 1946.
Stewart Granger later called the movie "terrible".
Similar Movies
Stewart Granger appears in Caravan and Madonna of the Seven Moons. Stewart Granger appears in Caravan and Fanny by Gaslight. Stewart Granger appears in Caravan and The Man in Grey. Stewart Granger and Dennis Price appear in Caravan and The Magic Bow. Jean Kent appears in Caravan and The Reluctant Widow.
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote, "Granger and the rest of the cast alternate between grappling with stilted lines and an embarrassingly archaic situation with neither the players nor plot making much entertainment, while "Caravan" moves with the speed of an oxcart."; but TV Guide noted "strong direction, brilliant individual performances, and production values far above the usual run of British films work beautifully together as one melodramatic situation is piled on another."
References
Caravan (1946 film) WikipediaCaravan (1946 film) IMDb Caravan (1946 film) themoviedb.org